Culture

 “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Wednesday 4pm, NBC29 After 25 seasons and more than 5,000 episodes, the Queen of Talk ends her award-winning talk show. It’s impossible to overstate Oprah Winfrey’s […]

What were you doing when we called? I was checking out baseball scores and sitting with my dog. I just got home from work. I have a part-time job at […]

Bridesmaids arrives at a grim moment in the history of filmed entertainment, when people are actually asking whether women can be funny in American movies—and whether big studios will let […]

“The Good Wife” Tuesday 10pm, CBS The future is uncertain for this critically acclaimed drama, which wraps up its sophomore season tonight. Ratings have never been great, but I hope […]

What are you working on right now? My idea of fun is the more work the better. I was just invited to be in a show at Piedmont next February […]

Prior to assuming its throne, Thor gets banished from his kingdom—too much arrogant warmongering—via intergalactic wormhole and winds up in small town New Mexico. 

“Smallville” Friday 8pm, CW After 10 seasons, this sci-fi drama about the teen who would become Superman wraps up with a double-sized series finale. “Smallville” started out with a novel […]

What were you doing when we called? I had just finished teaching a Pilates class. I started practicing Pilates when I had a dance teacher in high school who used […]

With Win Win, the character actor and occasional writer-director Tom McCarthy (The Station Agent, The Visitor) continues his run of charming, slice-of-life films for grown-ups.

“The Looney Tunes Show” Tuesday 8pm, Cartoon Network The old “Looney Tunes” cartoon shorts remain brilliant even decades after their original airings. Don’t believe me? Try watching any of those […]